Material name select

Submitted by Mrjacks2o on Wed, 2011-02-16 20:36

Hi How can i select all the objects in the scene by its material name?
lets say material name is "Grass1" i want to have a button you press it and it only finds material name called "grass1" thanks

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Submitted by Anubis on Thu, 2011-02-17 14:33.

try this

-- function
fn findObjsByMtlName name = (
	local theObjs = #()
	theMtl = (for m in sceneMaterials where \
		m.name == name collect m)[1]
	if theMtl != undefined do (
		theObjs = for n in (refs.dependents theMtl) where \
		superClassOf n == GeometryClass collect n
	)
	theObjs
)
 
-- usage
select (findObjsByMtlName "Grass1")

* note - this function is case sensitive, ie "Grass1" is not equal to "grass1"

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Submitted by Mrjacks2o on Sat, 2011-02-19 20:46.

Thanks allot! Works

Thanks allot! Works perfectly...
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